Jodi Arias Guilty Of First-Degree Murder In Slaying Of Ex-Boyfriend
Ding Dong, The Witch Is (hopefully) Dead!
Well, it’s been a long time coming and Jodi Arias had this coming, for sure! The soon-to-be-sentenced (hopefully to the needle) Arias claimed self-defense in the slaying of her ex, Travis Alexander, then commented later that, “no jury will convict me. You can mark my words on that one.”
Guess what, dummy! The jury convicted you! BAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
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Ferrari Chairman Says They Won’t Build Electric, I Guess I’m Stuck Waiting
The Ferrari LaFerrari isn’t only a redundant name for an expensive, beautiful car, it’s an expensive, beautiful car.
Okay, you got me: the subject line is a joke. You may be able to afford one of these curvaceous trademark-red motor vehicles, but a Ferrari is way out of my league. You know what’s out of Ferrari’s league? Building electric vehicles while Luca di Montezemolo is their Chairman. It’s just out, way out.
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Klout Adds “Experts”; It’s Like Quora, But Weirder
It’s all about the questions. Answering them all!
If you’re still scratching your head, wondering what the point of Klout is, amen!, we’re in the same boat. By plugging in your identity from various networks, Klout gives you a “Score” based on your contributions. If you plug in your Facebook and have no friends, you won’t see much of a bump compared to someone who has a lot of friends and is constantly getting likes and attention. If your score is high enough, you’re even eligible for sponsor-provided Perks because you’re obviously that cool talking about whatever. How does the Score even work? I don’t know, no one knows. Does it even mean anything? No one knows!
So today I get an e-mail to try out their new Experts feature. It’s… well, interesting.
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80,000 People Apply For One-Way Trip To Mars, Including A Valve Programmer
Lots of people submitted applications in hopes of being one of the lucky few first Martians.
When MarsOne announced they would be vetting a crew of astronauts from applicants from around the world for a one-way trip to the red planet, did you jot out your first speech since high school and fire up that webcam? Well, nearly 80,000 people did, far short of the expected 1 million, but still an impressive number when you consider that 80,000 individuals uploaded applicants to their web site, all pretty happy with the prospect of a trip to Mars from which there is no return.
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Zach Braff Talks About Kickstarting: “It’s About Community”
Zach Braff gets candid about pitching his movie.
Even if you don’t know who Zach Braff is – just watch some Scrubs reruns and you get it – you have to admire his tenacity. The internet-savvy celeb launched a Kickstarter last month for his original new film called Wish I Was Here, which has already raised $2.5 million toward a $2 million goal with two weeks to go. In an interview for the new Kickstarted documentary, Braff explains the process plus its highlights and pitfalls.
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What Is Steam’s Greenlight Service And Why Do Indie Developers Hate It So Much?
Lots of buzz about Steam’s indie release service, good and bad.
Self-publishing your work is hard. I should know. After spending months or years of your life forming something the public can consume from the deepest pits of your brain, you not only have to learn the technical ropes to make it happen, but the art of promotion and juggle all these hats in the hopes that it’ll pay off. If you’re writing a book, you’ll want to make sure it’s on Kindle; a movie: Amazon or Netflix, but if you’re making a game, Steam is the promised land. Sure, there are other platforms that will distribute your game digitally with fewer barriers to meddle with, but none compare to the clout that comes with being carried on Steam, a previously near-impossible task. With Steam’s Greenlight service, more developers are closer to realizing their dreams, but why are the same independent developers it’s designed to help passionately railing against the service?
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OMG: ‘Just Cause 2’ Developer Almost Made Open-World ‘Star Wars’ Game
Be still, my beating heart.
Urgh! Hurp… phew! Oh, don’t mind me, just almost having a heart attack after hearing about this news. According to current and former key personnel at Avalanche Studios, the people behind my second favorite game of the past decade (behind Minecraft, obviously) lobbied LucasArts to make an open-world game in the Star Wars universe, which may have become the best game ever made in history, had it come to pass.
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PlayStation 4 And Next-Gen Xbox Games Won’t Appear On Wii U Because Duh
You’ can see this graphical power on the Wii U… in video form.
I don’t know if you guys have noticed, but media outlets are, again and again, reporting how various studios will be unable to bring their next-generation efforts to the Wii U. Somehow, people have some kind of expectation that graphics engines that are being optimized for hardware ten times as powerful (I’m just spitballing, but considerably faster) as the Wii U will fit on the Nintendo console. This isn’t news, but the fact that it’s being reported (and re-reported) is blistering my mind.
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‘Jurassic Park 4’ Put On Hold Due To Script Issues, Production Crew Canned [UPDATED]
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Troubled Production? Apparently.
We’re getting word across the internet that Jurassic Park IV has been put on hold due to script troubles. A pair of artists have come out on Twitter to say that script development issues, similar to what happened to Spielberg’s Robopocalypse, are what’s now setting the film back. The movie is being scribed by husband-and-wife team Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver, who were more recently responsible for the new Planet of the Apes films. The movie isn’t cancelled per se, but what info do we have? Not much!
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New Double Fine-Themed Humble Bundle Is Worth Losing Your Mind Over
It’s insane like a manatee. Hmmm, that doesn’t really have the same ring about it, does it…
It’s time for a new Humble Bundle! Most of these have been great, but c’mon, having those holdouts back yet again is getting a little thin. Now it’s time for Tim Schafer’s Double Fine to shine, now featuring almost all of the studio’s output in one fell swoop!
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